iTunes and Coca-Cola ran a similar campaign this past summer in Japan.
I bought 30 bottles of Coke and won a grand total of 3 iTunes download codes.![]()
So true.Fanbois. You can lead 'em to good news but you can't make 'em think.
I'm all in favor of DRM free music, but as an audiophile of sorts, I despise MP3 in all of its variants. MP4 (AAC) is clearly superior at any given bit rate, and at Apple iTunes DRM-free data rate (256KB), it is almost (but not quite) AIFF in quality.
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Eddie O
How dose this have anything to do with macs????
I've dowloaded several albums from Amozon's site and I too, am surprized how well Amazon's service works with iTunes. They have found a convert in me.
Universal has been signed with Amazon MP3 from the start, as well as tons of indies. Amazon MP3 has much better coverage than iTunes Plus.
I'm all in favor of DRM free music, but as an audiophile of sorts, I despise MP3 in all of its variants. MP4 (AAC) is clearly superior at any given bit rate, and at Apple iTunes DRM-free data rate (256KB), it is almost (but not quite) AIFF in quality.
Admittedly, listening to music on most cheesy earbuds does little to expose fidelity flaws, but since it appears that we are headed to a downloaded music (and video) world with CD's and even DVD discs disappearing, we should be pushing for the highest quality format we can get. And MP3 ain't it!
Eddie O
What bothers me most is the power that Wal-Mart has in dictating how they want to do business. Apple always gets the flogging because of it's "closed" system and how they have too much influence over the music industry. Now here is Wal-Mart telling them how they are going to do business.
If I were the record labels I think I would be more concerned with Wal-Mart.
For established artist like the Eagles, they can just side-step the record labels and go to Wal-Mart for a distribution deal.
Aren't iTune's files DRM and 128KB?
Maybe this is lost on me but haven't you always been able to drag and drop mp3s into iTunes or does Amazon do something different?
You're right, or Apple, or Starbucks, etc.For established artist like the Eagles, they can just side-step the record labels and go to Wal-Mart for a distribution deal.
I've dowloaded several albums from Amozon's site and I too, am surprized how well Amazon's service works with iTunes. They have found a convert in me.
I'm all for this however I LOATH MP3. Mainly because AAC IMHO sounds better
and it also allows you to have the coverart contained IN the file
iTunes and Coca-Cola ran a similar campaign this past summer in Japan.
I bought 30 bottles of Coke and won a grand total of 3 iTunes download codes.![]()
You didn't tip the bottles and check the caps before you bought them lol. I bought 65 bottles of pepsi the last time they had the promo, 64 were winners.. the 1 was because I was in a hurry... I can't imagine how I won all of those... lol![]()
I miss the iTunes-Pepsi promotions. I went nuts collecting music from everyone I knew who drank Pepsi those two years. I got 153 songs from those promos.well i wish it was apple instead of amazon